date_default_timezone_get(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings

Question

Can anyone tell me why am I getting this error when running app/console in a brand new formatted macbook with the latest MAMP installed ?

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Answer 1

By default Mac uses in the console the PHP located at:

/private/etc/php.ini

You should use this one because MAMP always unset the timezone variable and you would always get that error.

Answer 2

I had the exact same problem with my SF2 installation.

To fix this just go into your php.ini file at /etc/php.ini and change your file to look like this (adjust your timezone to suit your local timezone):

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Module Settings ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[Date] 
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions 
; http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.configuration.php#ini.date.timezone 
date.timezone = Europe/London

Answer 3

I had the same problem, and it's true there is a command line, and MAMP/Native Mac PHP service running on Yosemite, and while I was trying to follow the directions on this page non of them seemed to work for me.

When I ran php command:

$ php -i | grep 'Configuration File'<br>
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc<br>
Loaded Configuration File => <em>(Blank)</em>

I realized that the php.ini that the CLI was using, was actually php.ini.default file. I created a symbolic link to that file as the php.ini and everything worked.

My-MacPro:/etc/$ ln -s php.ini.default php.ini

Answer 4

You don't edit the good php.ini file

You can get a full phpinfo() using :

php -i 

And, in there, there is the php.ini file used :

$ php -i | grep 'Configuration File'
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc
Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php.ini

Answer 5

Default php.ini in OS X is located at:

/private/etc/php.ini

Anyway, you'll can either tell CLI php to load MAMP settings, or use an alias of MAMP command itself.

Answer 6

I did follow your answers, but in my case none of them worked. I decided to go change the date_default_timezone_get() in the logger.php file.

I replaced with my timezone setting ("Europe/Berlin"), and all went well !

Old school solution but still a solution.